CVE-2014-0223

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    CVE-2014-0223

    Published: 4 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02156.html, http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High